Located in the northeastern part of the province, bordering to the north with Ciudad Real and to the east with Albacete, this district belongs to the Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Natural Park.
The district forms part of the mountain system of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas, occupying the north half of the Nature Reserve. The relief system here is very abrupt, although it is flater to the north and west, where lands farmed with olive trees are located.
The characteristic species of flora and fauna in the district are those typical in areas of replanted pinewood forest, where there is still some local Mediterranean heath, and that corresponding to farmed low lying hillsides.
There are some larger game species, like wild boar, mouflon sheep, deer, buck and the wild goat, and other protected species are important in this district too.
The main economic activity is agriculture linked to the olive growing although extensive sheep rearing is also firmly established, above all in Santiago-Pontones with sheep rearing in Segura too. Forestry complements income from the agricultural sector.
On the other hand, rural and green tourism plays an important role in the environs of the El Tranco dam, and is extending ever more into the rest of the district.
The size of the district and its peculiarily difficult communications mean that a clear centre does not exist, although Beas de Segura, does excel over the rest of the local villages.
